Influence of normal tide and the Great Tsunami as recorded through hourly-resolution micro-analysis of a mussel shell

Abstract We report here hourly variations of Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Ba/Ca ratios in a Mediterranean mussel shell (Mytilus galloprovincialis) collected at the Otsuchi bay, on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan. This bivalve was living in the intertidal zone, where such organisms are known to form a d...

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Main Authors: Yuji Sano, Tomoyo Okumura, Naoko Murakami-Sugihara, Kentaro Tanaka, Takanori Kagoshima, Akizumi Ishida, Masako Hori, Glen T. Snyder, Naoto Takahata, Kotaro Shirai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99361-2